Stavroula Maglaver
- 1. INCONET-GCC: Challenges for Innovation in the GCC region Stavroula Maglavera Project Coordinator Euroconsultants S.A.
- 2. 2 Overall Objective INCONET-GCC is bringing together policy makers and stakeholders of GCC with the EU to in order to: • Support a dialogue to identify S&T priorities for mutual benefit and interest and define cooperation policy orientations; • Implement specific activities to promote and contribute to the participation of GCC in the Framework Programme Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 3. 3 INCONET-GCC objectives • Develops and supports the bi- regional dialogue by bringing together policymakers and stakeholders of GCC and EU. • Creates a dialogue and action platform to identify common interests in research areas, set up S&T priorities, support capacity building activities, and enhance the interaction between different cooperation instruments of the EC. • Creates an observatory of EU- GCC cooperation in S&T Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 4. 4 Support for international S&T policy development; Support the bi-regional policy dialogue on S&T policy; Improve the bi-regional dialogue for mapping research needs and setting S&T cooperation priorities Strengthen the co-ordination and complementarities with activities carried out by means of Community foreign policy instruments; Create operational link with policy makers Identification of areas with potential for enhanced coordination Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 5. 5 Support the GCC National Contact Points Organise awareness actions and dissemination activities for scientific community Training activities for project managers Development of efficient knowledge management tools Strengthening regional research networking Support of future thematic pilot projects Link with other existing networks Coordination with other activities Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 6. 6 Survey of the current state in GCC • Capacity building in research - Concentration, critical mass, specialisation • Technology diffusion and innovation - SMEs, mobility • Social and non-technical innovation - Potential, lack of information • Governance - Systemic, stakeholders • Digital convergence and making use of ICT - Leveraging networks, labs (e.g., multimedia) Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 7. 7 Towards the identification of research priorities WP1: Policy Advisory WP2: Research Priori;es oReview of current methodologies oSurvey of current interests oIden;fica;on of common prac;ces oIden;fica;on of joint research fields oEstablishment of collabora;on plan oEstablishment of S&T coopera;ve network Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 8. 8 Research areas, identified on the base of the analysis of the region’s needs and the development’s strategies, are grouped following the main schemes of the FP7 programme as: • Environment, Water and Climate (including Marine, Agriculture, and Food) • Health • Energy Security • ICT Additional subjects, more related to specific interests in some countries are: Aerospace, Transport, Materials Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 9. 9 Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 10. 10 • Support for the development of National Contact Points in each GCC country • Training of the local people • Organisation of Information Days in the different countries • Participation of the local NCPs in the European Network of NCPs Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 11. Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011
- 12. 12 Thank you Information is available at: www.inconet-gcc.eu Global Forum, Brussels 8/11/2011